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“Lithuania will not grant asylum to those who simply run away from responsibility. The Russians must stay and fight. Against Putin,” Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis tweeted on Friday.
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Photo: Russians leave the country
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It has already been reported that on Monday the Baltic states and Poland introduced a ban on Russian citizens with Schengen visas from entering their territory. The European Union (EU) has instead decided to suspend the agreement with Russia on the simplified issuing of visas.
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Following the announcement of a partial mobilization by Putin, several EU countries, including Latvia, Estonia, Poland and the Czech Republic, have already announced that they will not issue humanitarian visas to Russian citizens who avoid mobilization.
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Irish Prime Minister Michael Martin announced on Friday that his country will consider welcoming Russian citizens fleeing the mobilization.
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The German government, on the other hand, wants to agree in the coming weeks at EU level on a common vision of Russian citizens who refuse to submit to the partial mobilization announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin and go to war in Ukraine.
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Photo: Russians swap captured Ukrainians with Medvedchuk
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